WREXHAM will need goals as they look to secure their Football League survival – but they took part in shooting practice of a different type this week.

The Dragons squad went clay pigeon shooting as they prepare for tomorrow’s clash at MK Dons, where they will be looking to find the target against Martin Allen’s promotion chasers.

Midfielder Mark Jones shot a score of 26 out of 30, and captain Neil Roberts said he hoped that Wrexham will be equally lethal between now and the end of the season.

“Mark Jones was the hot shot,” said Roberts. “There’s quite a few of the lads who were quite good at it, but Mark was the best.

“I don’t know whether he’s done it before – if he has he didn’t let on.

“All the lads enjoyed it. It was just something different – we went training in the morning, then went clay pigeon shooting and it’s just good for the lads to socialise and get away from the pressure of talking about football.

“The Liverpool squad went to the same place as we did recently and they had posters up on the walls of the players – so if it’s good enough for them it’s definitely good enough for us.”

Roberts said clay pigeon shooting was just one of a number of options including paintballing and go-karting which the Dragons players could be taking part in during the next few weeks as they look to bolster team spirit for the fight against relegation.

“There’s no problem in that respect anyway,” said the skipper. “We know we’ve got 10 games left and we’ve got to make sure we stay in the League.”

Those 10 games start with tomorrow’s visit to fourth-placed MK Dons, who beat Wrexham 2-1 in a close contest at the Racecourse in October.

Roberts said: “They’ve got a really good team but I’m quite sure they’ll be wary of us. We should have turned them over in my opinion at our place with the way we started, but we conceded two goals in the second half.

“They’re obviously near the top and want to be there at the end of the season, and we’ve got to make sure we remain in this league.”

He added: “Everybody knows how important each game is to us – I don’t think any of the lads need telling. We’ve just got to go there and be positive.”

The Dragons will be without suspended Chris Llewellyn, Steve Evans and Ryan Valentine for tomorrow’s game.